Re: Port forwarding

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Claudio Scordino wrote:
> 
>    how can I specify the port in git-clone when cloning from a server running
> git-daemon ?

Just doing

	git clone git://hostname:port/repo/path/name

should be fine.

> I need to set port forwarding from a public server to a private server.
> The public server, however, already hosts a git-daemon on port 9418.
> So, I have to use a different port for the forwarding.
> 
> My idea is to let the public server listen on a different port (e.g. 9419) and
> make it redirect all the incoming connections to the port 9418 of the private
> server.

I would argue that it probably makes more sense to make the _private_ 
server listen to another port (fewer people who need to use the :<port> 
syntax). But hey, that's a matter of taste.

> However, I don't know how make git-clone go on a port different than the
> default (9418).

See above. The obvious thing should "just work".

		Linus